Using Dreamweaver MX 2004 (DW) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 (PS), fifth graders designed and developed websites about something that they feel passionate about. While designing the content of their websites, emphasis was placed on what is safe and appropriate to share about themselves on the World Wide Web. They learned how to use PS to create web banners, as well as edit and enhance images from the internet for their web pages. Students were encouraged to create home pages with clear messages and strong designs. They learned that the table is one of the most important design tools because it provides a way of handling the relationship between text and imagery on web pages. Students created and maintained the site folder structure, which is necessary for the website to function properly. Each website contains both internal and external links.
Fifth graders continue to work on their websites. Upon completing their websites, we will began a long term data analysis project titled "Toward A More Perfect Union."
2/2011
Because creating a website using Dreamweaver MX 2004 is such a complicated process, students will be working on this project for at least another 4 - 6 weeks. Upon completion, each student will have created a three page website.
1/2011
Many students have almost completed the home page of their website. In order to accomplish this they have learned how to import text from Microsoft Word into Dreamweaver, how to create and use a table to organize the text and images on their page, how to create internal and external links, how to modify the background of their homepage and how to insert images.
11/8/2010
Fifth graders have completed their dreamscape and have now begun planning their website. They will use Dreamweaver MX 2004 (DW) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 (PS) to create their site. Their website will be about something that they feel passionate about and already know something about. While introducing this long term project, emphasis was placed on what is safe and appropriate to share about themselves on the World Wide Web and what it means to be a good digital citizen. Currently students are using a Microsoft Word document to write a proposal for their website. Once their idea is approved, they are using Word to write the text that they will copy and paste on to their home page.
FIRST PROJECT OF THE YEAR:
Inspired by surrealist art, fifth graders are using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 to create a dreamscape. Students filled out this simple worksheet to begin designing their dreamscape.
Create a list here of the photos that you will need to search for:
Write a short description of your dreamscape here:
Students are currently using Photoshop to edit each photo individually.Emphasis is being placed on carefully cropping each image so that the final product looks like one image, not multiple images placed together. Fifth graders are continuing to develop their ability to use many of the basic Photoshop tools, including the magic and background eraser tools, the crop tool, the magnification tool and the move tool.While working at their computer, students are using a teacher created wiki with step-by-step directions on how to complete this project.
Here are several completed dreamscapes:
10/12/10
Fifth graders are just beginning to learn about their website design project. After learning about being a good digital citizen and what is appropriate to post about oneself online, students will begin to plan their website using this worksheet.
THE WEB IS LINKING PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE FOLKS WHO VISIT YOUR WEBSITE? MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SHARING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF YOUR WEBSITE? For example, are you trying to share information that you know? Are you trying to get people interested in supporting something you believe in? Are you telling a story?
WHAT IS THE TITLE OF YOUR WEBSITE?
WHAT WILL YOUR HOME PAGE CONTAIN? Remember that you want people to visit all 3 pages of your website so you need to grab them with your homepage. Think about the color of the text and the color of the background of each page. Think about the images you want to have on your homepage. List below.
WHAT WILL PAGE 2 OF YOUR WEBSITE CONTAIN?
WHAT WILL PAGE 3 OF YOUR WEBSITE CONTAIN?
WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT YOU MIGHT INCLUDE ON YOUR HOMEPAGE.
AFTER YOU ARE DONE WRITING THIS PARAGRAPH SHOW THIS SHEET TO TAMARA. ONCE YOUR BASIC IDEAS ARE APPROVED, YOU WILL COME BACK TO THIS SHEET AND WRITE AT LEAST 3 PARAGRAPHS THAT YOU WILL COPY AND PASTE ONTO THE HOMEPAGE OF YOUR WEBSITE.
WRITE THE TEXT THAT YOU WILL COPY AND PASTE ONTO YOUR HOMEPAGE HERE. IT MUST BE AT LEAST 3 PARAGRAPHS LONG.
TURN THIS PAGE OVER AND DRAW THE LAYOUT OF YOUR HOMEPAGE USING A TABLE.
They will be using Dreamweaver MX 2004 (DW) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 (PS) to create their website.
Beginning in fifth grade, students are given a typing assessment each semester and their scores will be reported on their progress reports.The goal for fifth graders is that they are able to type 15 WPM with 80% accuracy.
Using Dreamweaver MX 2004 (DW) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 (PS), fifth graders designed and developed websites about something that they feel passionate about. While designing the content of their websites, emphasis was placed on what is safe and appropriate to share about themselves on the World Wide Web. They learned how to use PS to create web banners, as well as edit and enhance images from the internet for their web pages. Students were encouraged to create home pages with clear messages and strong designs. They learned that the table is one of the most important design tools because it provides a way of handling the relationship between text and imagery on web pages. Students created and maintained the site folder structure, which is necessary for the website to function properly. Each website contains both internal and external links.
Enjoy their websites! http://thechildrensschool.com/blog/fifthwebsites/
3/2011
Fifth graders continue to work on their websites. Upon completing their websites, we will began a long term data analysis project titled "Toward A More Perfect Union."
2/2011
Because creating a website using Dreamweaver MX 2004 is such a complicated process, students will be working on this project for at least another 4 - 6 weeks. Upon completion, each student will have created a three page website.
1/2011
Many students have almost completed the home page of their website. In order to accomplish this they have learned how to import text from Microsoft Word into Dreamweaver, how to create and use a table to organize the text and images on their page, how to create internal and external links, how to modify the background of their homepage and how to insert images.
11/8/2010
Fifth graders have completed their dreamscape and have now begun planning their website. They will use Dreamweaver MX 2004 (DW) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 (PS) to create their site. Their website will be about something that they feel passionate about and already know something about. While introducing this long term project, emphasis was placed on what is safe and appropriate to share about themselves on the World Wide Web and what it means to be a good digital citizen. Currently students are using a Microsoft Word document to write a proposal for their website. Once their idea is approved, they are using Word to write the text that they will copy and paste on to their home page.
FIRST PROJECT OF THE YEAR:
Inspired by surrealist art, fifth graders are using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 to create a dreamscape. Students filled out this simple worksheet to begin designing their dreamscape.
Students are currently using Photoshop to edit each photo individually. Emphasis is being placed on carefully cropping each image so that the final product looks like one image, not multiple images placed together. Fifth graders are continuing to develop their ability to use many of the basic Photoshop tools, including the magic and background eraser tools, the crop tool, the magnification tool and the move tool. While working at their computer, students are using a teacher created wiki with step-by-step directions on how to complete this project.
Here are several completed dreamscapes:
10/12/10
Fifth graders are just beginning to learn about their website design project. After learning about being a good digital citizen and what is appropriate to post about oneself online, students will begin to plan their website using this worksheet.
THE WEB IS LINKING PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE FOLKS WHO VISIT YOUR WEBSITE? MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SHARING SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
WHAT IS THE GOAL OF YOUR WEBSITE? For example, are you trying to share information that you know? Are you trying to get people interested in supporting something you believe in? Are you telling a story?
WHAT IS THE TITLE OF YOUR WEBSITE?
WHAT WILL YOUR HOME PAGE CONTAIN? Remember that you want people to visit all 3 pages of your website so you need to grab them with your homepage. Think about the color of the text and the color of the background of each page. Think about the images you want to have on your homepage. List below.
WHAT WILL PAGE 2 OF YOUR WEBSITE CONTAIN?
WHAT WILL PAGE 3 OF YOUR WEBSITE CONTAIN?
WRITE A PARAGRAPH THAT YOU MIGHT INCLUDE ON YOUR HOMEPAGE.
AFTER YOU ARE DONE WRITING THIS PARAGRAPH SHOW THIS SHEET TO TAMARA. ONCE YOUR BASIC IDEAS ARE APPROVED, YOU WILL COME BACK TO THIS SHEET AND WRITE AT LEAST 3 PARAGRAPHS THAT YOU WILL COPY AND PASTE ONTO THE HOMEPAGE OF YOUR WEBSITE.
WRITE THE TEXT THAT YOU WILL COPY AND PASTE ONTO YOUR HOMEPAGE HERE. IT MUST BE AT LEAST 3 PARAGRAPHS LONG.
TURN THIS PAGE OVER AND DRAW THE LAYOUT OF YOUR HOMEPAGE USING A TABLE.
They will be using Dreamweaver MX 2004 (DW) and Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 (PS) to create their website.
Beginning in fifth grade, students are given a typing assessment each semester and their scores will be reported on their progress reports. The goal for fifth graders is that they are able to type 15 WPM with 80% accuracy.